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Friday, May 27, 2016

Dude, What's Your Standard?

The title of this blog post was “borrowed” from the Morality
chapter of Frank Turek’s book- Stealing from God: Why atheists need God to make their case. I thought of it recently
while seeing Twitter feeds from prominent atheists promoting a cause to stop
the annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China.
The event, held annually in June, leads to the deaths of over 10,000
dogs. When I read descriptions of the
festival and see images, I wholeheartedly agree this appears to be a very
inhumane event.

I was reminded of this quote from Dr. Turek-

“Atheists are caught in a dilemma. If God doesn’t exist, then objective moral
rights don’t exist, including all those that atheists support. If God does exist, then objective moral
rights exist. But those rights clearly
don’t include cutting up babies in the womb, same-sex marriage, and other invented
absolutes contrary to every major religion and the “self-evident” natural law.”1

I am sure there are those who may want to debate whether or
not dogs should be used for food, similar to how cows are used for beef. But as an atheist, what
is the standard that tells you whether or not it’s wrong to torture dogs?

If you want to see Dr. Turk defend a challenge to the moral
argument for the existence of God, click here for a brief 8 minute video.

Have a great Memorial Day weekend. If you happen to see someone who serves or
has served in our Armed Forces, take a moment to thank them for their service!